In Chapter 47, Poem 88 of the Mokhtar Nameh, Farid al-Din Attar contrasts the physical burning of a candle's body with the lover's intense, soul-consuming spiritual pain. The poet asserts that while the candle's physical consumption of its body is easy, the lover's sigh is so powerful that it burns their entire palate, tongue, and the whole world. This comparison highlights the superiority and devastating scale of divine or spiritual love over mere physical burning.